Media Release – Quality Payment Program Awards

Qsource Chosen to Provide Support for Small Practices in CMS Quality Payment Program

MEMPHIS, February 20, 2017 – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded a contract to Qsource to help small practices in Tennessee and Alabama prepare for and participate in the new Quality Payment Program, established by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA).

This technical assistance, authorized and funded under MACRA, brings direct support to thousands of Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) eligible clinicians in small practices with 15 or fewer clinicians, including small practices in rural locations, health professional shortage areas, and medically underserved areas across the country. The direct technical assistance is available immediately, free to all MIPS eligible clinicians, and will deliver support for up to a five-year period.

Dawn FitzGerald, Qsource’s chief executive officer, emphasized the significance of the award in terms of the tailored training and education her organization will be able to provide small and even solo physician offices.

“We all want access to patient-centered, well-coordinated healthcare,” said FitzGerald. “In Tennessee and Alabama, small and rural area medical practices are absolutely crucial to our overall healthcare delivery system. Very often though, these physician practices are the ones most in need of additional support.”

“Our entire team at Qsource is excited for the opportunity to work directly with these doctors, nurses and clinicians to help identify and implement the most efficient and cost-effective ways to deliver quality healthcare services. We’re looking forward to assisting them and seeing them succeed in the CMS Quality Payment Program,” FitzGerald said.

Qsource will provide customized technical assistance to MIPS eligible clinicians as a part of the Small, Underserved and Rural Support (SURS) program, which may include, but is not limited to, the following: